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[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1458852637' post='3011654']
Great thread.

Many great out there.. almost anything Chic :)
This one still gets me today :) Always banged out loud at our school disco's.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo[/media]
[/quote]Im thinking it really doesn't get any better than that. Just fabulous. !

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I must have been the only lad in our school that loved disco and Philly type soul music , and I still love it and in the circles I move in now as a fifty something I still have to keep it underwraps....weird I know.

I love it all, even those sickly little Tina Charles numbers etc...but shh dont tell anyone!

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[quote name='Old Man Riva' timestamp='1458853790' post='3011668']
Many mixes (and re-recordings) of this out there but this one really shows that killer bass line..

Flares are compulsory!

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mls04iVmU9o&list=RDmls04iVmU9o[/media]
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Is that played with a pick?...admire anyone who can play that fast with a pick..fingers no probs.

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[quote name='ians' timestamp='1458896369' post='3011870']
I must have been the only lad in our school that loved disco and Philly type soul music , and I still love it and in the circles I move in now as a fifty something I still have to keep it underwraps....weird I know.

I love it all, even those sickly little Tina Charles numbers etc...but shh dont tell anyone!
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it was amazing how back then music was so regionalised - in my part of SE London disco was THE music. Prog didn't get a look in, likewise Punk. I worked in the local record shop where they imported 12" singles from Phil and Casblanca - weird thing was they ran at 33 rpm and we're only pressed on one side. Cost a fortune, but sold like hot cakes.

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I like some KC and the Sunshine. My personal favourite is Get Down Tonight.
Earth Wind and Fire have done some awesome tunes. Assuming it is disco, I am really liking Soul City Walking by Archie Bell at the moment. Also a song that I have always liked since I heard it is Average White Band- Let`s go Round Again. Odessey- Back To My Roots is good. Loads of stuff is really good with pumping bass lines.
The D.I.S.C.O in the title by Ottowan is one naff song though

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I was lucky enough to play in bands doing six night 'Chicken in a Basket' club residencies during the 70/80's,
so it was a great time to be playing Bass with all these Disco tunes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pahij2ZMkMw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxLCIsbmnUU

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One of my fav genres. Bass was allowed a dominant role in the production and some great string/horn section playing.

Here are a couple that i really like:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI9uJbczhiI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI9uJbczhiI[/url]

and one of the best bass lines ever!

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEtS2cRWjOk"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEtS2cRWjOk[/url]

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[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1458897591' post='3011881']
No-one mentions KC and the Sunshine Band :)

That's The Way I Like It. Odd but infectious bass line

[media]http://youtu.be/iwy8gSx9cSk[/media]

And a host of other biggies from the mid-late 70s.
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Oh yes...75 I think. Spent the summer on the beach as a teen and this brilliant tune takes me there every time I hear it.

And yeah that bassline.That's the sound of a talented bassist who's thought about the best line for the job...don't hear much of that nowadays.

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[quote name='Paul S' timestamp='1458897591' post='3011881']
No-one mentions KC and the Sunshine Band :)

That's The Way I Like It. Odd but infectious bass line

[media]http://youtu.be/iwy8gSx9cSk[/media]

And a host of other biggies from the mid-late 70s.
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Digging that horn section - valve trombone?

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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1458900812' post='3011927']
:)


[media]http://youtu.be/4ebdhWKDe1A[/media]
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Not really a groovy dancer but Oh! that production sound, strings and what not ...... 70's were the best days by far for studio tone.

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[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1458904313' post='3011978']
EW&F came up on a suggestion from Youtube when I looked for Tavares but I though this would make a nice addition:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pahij2ZMkMw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pahij2ZMkMw[/url]
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Pay attention.
I posted that a few posts back...lol..
But, then again, always worth another listen!
:)

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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1458904599' post='3011982']
Pay attention.
I posted that a few posts back...lol..
But, then again, always worth another listen!
:)
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Oops, so sorry, I did scroll through, but with all these great videos my browser is suffering :lol: Hope the next one makes up for it :)

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[quote name='ians' timestamp='1458904322' post='3011979']
Not really a groovy dancer but Oh! that production sound, strings and what not ...... 70's were the best days by far for studio tone.
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Got to disagree with the first half of this comment - there was quite a variety of tempo and rhythm that all fell under the disco banner, and I'd very much put this in among them (as I probably would the slower Rose Royce tracks). Agree with you 100% on the comments about production - amazing what they could do with enormous budgets when records sold in decent quantities!

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[quote name='lowdown' timestamp='1458906656' post='3012010']
Yep, the early days of Disco had a variety of tempos.
A breakdown of tempos and named styles here.
[url="http://www.discosavvy.com/diversesounds.html"]http://www.discosavv...ersesounds.html[/url]
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Wow, that's pretty comprehensive.

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[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1458852637' post='3011654']
This one still gets me today :) Always banged out loud at our school disco's.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo[/media]
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I should have added that one to my list along with Shake Yer Body Down (incidentally which has a bassline which is a LOT of fun to play for the attention it gets).

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgUGKTRFVKY[/media]

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